Mueller, F.J.H. von (1863), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 3(23): 160 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In silvis densis montanis ad flumen Fitzroy. Thozet et Dallachy."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1867), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 6(43): 87 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Graptophyllum earlii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 625 [basionym]

basionym of: Graptophyllum excelsum (F.Muell.) Druce legitimate

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 161 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Thozet 75, s. dat., Rockhampton (MEL 601936)"

Barker, R.M. (12 September 1986), A taxonomic revision of Australian Acanthaceae. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 9: 161 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Graptophyllum excelsum (F.Muell.) Druce legitimate

Bean, A.R. & Sharpe, P.R. (27 September 1991), Notes on Graptophyllum Nees (Acanthaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 3(3): 552 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Graptophyllum excelsum (F.Muell.) Druce legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Graptophyllum excelsum (F.Muell.) Druce legitimate

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